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Digital advertiser Audience Town gets powered by seed money, new staff

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Audience Town’s programmatic advertising services receive boost from MathCapital and two new executives for the development of user-interfaces and APIs. Continue reading →

Salaried brokerage REX raises $40M in funding

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REX, a real estate brokerage that pays agents salaries and charges only 2 percent for listing commissions, has raised $40 million in a C1 funding round, putting it over the $115 million mark in total. Continue reading →

iBuying can be huge, even if it remains a niche industry tool

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Mike DelPrete found that iBuyers’ business model differs from traditional home flippers. He also suggested iBuyers can profit from staying in their lanes. Continue reading →

SoftBank posts $6.4B loss, CEO ‘regrets’ WeWork investment

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The company also reported it lost $4.6 billion in its WeWork stock value after WeWork’s failed initial public offering earlier this year. Continue reading →

Opendoor appoints new batch of executives, board members

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The new leaders — none of whom have backgrounds in real estate — have previous experience working at Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and in the venture capital industry. Continue reading →

Online, DIY brokerage Savvy Lane secures $2M, expands to SoCal

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Discount broker Savvy Lane uses a small team of remote, tech-powered agents and 1 percent listing fee to win deals. It also facilitates a for-sale-by-owner option with low-fee MLS listings. Continue reading →

Patch Homes, another cash-for-equity startup, clinches funding

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With an additional $5 million in financing, Patch Homes is among a growing list of startups that let homeowners sell an equity stake in their home for cash. Continue reading →

MoxiWorks eyes acquisitions, growth with new capital

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Brokerage-owned real estate tech startup MoxiWorks announced Thursday it’s received “a meaningful growth equity investment” from private equity firm Vector Capital. Together with part-owners Windermere Real Estate, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and… Continue reading →

An estimated $4B will flow to U.S. proptech companies in 2019 – that’s just the beginning

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An estimated $4 billion is forecasted to flow into the U.S. real estate technology (proptech) space in 2019, a record for the industry, according to a new report from CB Insights, but experts in the space say the industry hasn’t come close to reaching … Continue reading →

Fund That Flip gets $11M for lending platform

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The home financing platform is for experienced home investors and recently secured $11 million in funding from Edison Partners of Princeton, New Jersey. Continue reading →